This report points to the crucial need to ensure that trade liberalisation does not undermine women’s rights and poor people’s livelihoods, and supports the gender equality agenda. First and foremost, this requires the explicit recognition of women’s contribution to the economy through both their productive and their unpaid reproductive work. By: Zo Randriamaro Read more

This publication contains a series of presentations and discussions, which prevail upon a general introduction and assessment of trade viz a viz gender to illuminate and sensitize the public at large and particularly those working on gender issues. Thereafter, the presentations embark on a more intensive discussion of the specific international agricultural trade agreements that […]

Gender inequalities and limited life chances for women in the jua kali economy are key governance challenges for the Kenyan government in its Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation. Consequently, there is need for the government to come up with strategies that will address gender inequalities and subsequent limited life chances for women […]

This book chapter critiques the unequal relationships between Northern donors and organisations in Africa. It is written in the form of a letter by an activist to her friend who was once a volunteer in the activist’s organisation in Zimbabwe and now works in a donor organisation. By: Everjoice Win Read more

Gender inequality is deeply entrenched in society. This continues to restrict women’s opportunities in life and has also been widely seen as an obstacle to economic development. Wage employment is seen as important mechanism for empowering women, and also conferring benefits on the family and society as a whole. This thesis examines patterns of inequality […]

This chapter discusses the Cotonou Agreement (2000) and its impact on future trading relations between members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries and the European Union (EU) By: Nancy Kachingwe & Alastair Fraser Read more

This paper explores the effect of the Structural Adjustment Programmes on small scale garment producers in Kenya By: Mary Njeri Kinyanjui Read more

This handbook provides an integrated framework for a sustainable, pro-poor and gender-sensitive approach to trade policy-making. A major part of the silence around gender, trade and investment at the level of governance of the trading system would appear to be a lack of understanding of the conceptual, empirical and policy links between gender and trade. […]

This dissertation describes and analyzes the impact of Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) on the Jos women in the informal sector, as well as the strategies women adopt to ensure the survival of their businesses and families. Studies that have investigated the impact of SAP on women in the informal sector tend to take a rather […]

Economic policy and development issues, particularly Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) have dominated African women’s concerns because they have been implicated in the rise of poverty, especially of women, in Africa. SAPs, designed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), have been the framework for economic and social policy in most of […]